The official version of Windows 11 has been released on October 5, 2021, and we can now upgrade to Windows 11 to experience its new features. If you have installed Windows 11 on the internal hard drive of your computer, you may want to clone it to an external hard drive/SSD for use as a portable Windows 11. In this case, you need to find a third-party tool to help you clone Windows 11 to the external hard drive/SSD.
Hasleo WinToUSB is the world's first software that can clone Windows to an external hard drive/SSD as portable Windows, with the help of it you can easily clone Windows 11 installation from the internal hard drive to an external hard drive as portalbe Windows 11. Are you looking for a software to clone Windows 11 to an external drive/SSD as a portable Windows 11? Here we recommend you to use Hasleo WinToUSB. Please download and install the software first before heading to the next steps.
Step 1. Connect the external hard drive/SSD to the computer, run Hasleo WinToUSB and then click the "Windows To Go USB".
Step 2. Click "Select installation source" and then select "Current Windows OS" from the list that pops up.
Step 3. Click "Select destination drive" and select the destination drive from the pop-up drive list.
Step 4. Choose the partition scheme and installation mode you want to use, and you can specify additional drivers or enable BitLocker to encrypt the Windows To Go external hard drive according to your needs, then click "Proceed".
* Tips: For more detailed information about "Partition scheme", "Installation mode", "Sector by sector clone" and "Enable BitLocker", please refer to: How to clone existing Windows to USB drive as a Windows To Go Workspace?
Step 5. After clicking "Proceed", a pop-up will appear asking you if you want to format it to continue, click "Yes" if you are sure.
Step 6. After clicking "Yes", WinToUSB begins cloning Windows to the destination drive. The time required for cloning is related to the size of the data to be cloned.
Step 7. Wait for the clone operation to complete. After the clone is successfully completed, restart the computer and change BIOS to boot from the external hard drive.
As mentioned above, as the world's first third-party software to create Windows To Go, WinToUSB can easily help you clone Windows 11 to an external hard drive as portable Windows 11. In addition, you can also use WinToUSB to install Windows 11 from a Windows 11 installation ISO file to an external hard drive.
